French Skippers and French Days 6. júlí 2006 13:07 The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com News News in English Mest lesið Kúgaðist og öskurgrét yfir lýsingum sonarins Innlent Seðlabankinn rýmkar lánþegaskilyrði Innlent Ástandið verði gjörbreytt í fyrramálið Innlent Telur að of mikil saltnotkun geri moksturinn enn erfiðari Innlent Orðin hæsta kirkja í heimi Erlent Langt í frá að málinu sé lokið Innlent Íhugar ekki stöðu sína Innlent Segja ríkislögreglustjóra þurfa að taka til hjá sér Innlent Andrés ekki lengur prins og látinn yfirgefa heimili sitt Erlent Hefði aldrei giskað á uppsagnir á hennar deild Innlent
The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com
News News in English Mest lesið Kúgaðist og öskurgrét yfir lýsingum sonarins Innlent Seðlabankinn rýmkar lánþegaskilyrði Innlent Ástandið verði gjörbreytt í fyrramálið Innlent Telur að of mikil saltnotkun geri moksturinn enn erfiðari Innlent Orðin hæsta kirkja í heimi Erlent Langt í frá að málinu sé lokið Innlent Íhugar ekki stöðu sína Innlent Segja ríkislögreglustjóra þurfa að taka til hjá sér Innlent Andrés ekki lengur prins og látinn yfirgefa heimili sitt Erlent Hefði aldrei giskað á uppsagnir á hennar deild Innlent